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a view to advising the parents to allow their children to be vaccinated.
—Spectator.

The Sultan . . . Trill seek to obtain money by contracting loans with
private firms in view cf beginning for himself the preliminary reforms.
—Times.

If Germany has anything to propose in viev: of the safeguarding of
her own interests, it v,ill certainly meet with that courteous considera-
tion which is traditional in French diplomacy.—Times.

Its execution is being carefully prepared with a lieix of avoiding any
collision with the natives.—Times.

My company has been approached by several firms Kith a viezz of
overcoming the difficulty.—Ti?nes.

Of these the first is correct; but the sentence it comes in is so
typical of the compound-prepositional style that no one who
reads it will be surprised that its patrons should sometimes
get mixed; how should people who write like that keep their
ideas clear? The second should have mth a view to. Still
more should the third, which is ambiguous as well as unidio-
matic; the words used ought to mean seeing that her interests
are safeguarded already. The fourth and fifth should again
have with a view to (or with the view of).

(b) The combinations with far—as far as, so far as, so far
that, in so far as, in so far that, of which the last is certainly,
and the last but one probably needless—have some distinctions
and limitations often neglected. For instance, as far as must
not be followed by a mere noun except in the literal sense, as
far as London, So far as and so far that are distinguished by
good writers in being applied, the first to clauses that contain
a doubtful or varying fact, the other to clauses containing an
ascertained or positive fact. So far as (and in so far as), that
is, means to whatever extent, and so far that means to this
extent, namely that.

The question of the Capitulations and of the Mixed Tribunals is
not in any way essentially British, save in so far as the position of Great
Britain in Egypt makes her primarily responsible.—Times.

Correct; but except that would be much better than save in so
far as.

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